Gray v. Grand River Coal & Coke Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Linn Circuit Court. — Son. Fred Lamb, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtTrimble, J.
On the 3rd of January, 1912, Thomas Gray, a coal miner -working in the defendant’s mine, was killed hy a dust explosion. His widow brought this suit for damages under section 8471, Revised Statutes 1909.
The petition is in two counts. The first charged a negligent violation of section 8477, Revised Statutes 1909, in that shots (used in blasting coal from the solid) were fired before the employees had time to leave the mine, and that, as the mine had been allowed to become very dusty, one of these shots caused a dust explosion which killed the deceased; that it had been a practice to fire these…
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